
Chapter 5. Business scenarios 71
5.2 Mergers and Acquisitions
This scenario is related to the merger of two companies that are representative
of many companies in the insurance industry
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. A short company profile is
provided in order to introduce the reader to the business goals driving the
required solution.
Lord General Insurance (LGI), a property and casualty insurance company, is a
large enterprise with more than five million policy holders, looking to boost its
auto-insurance business and requiring a quick entry to the e-business direct
insurance market. LGI has a large IT infrastructure based on S/390® and CICS.
LGI has acquired DirectCarInsur ...